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Nouns (1)

n. a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"

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Adjectives (1)

waning

adj. (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon"

Fuzzynyms (11)

moribund

adj. being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

ailing, indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly, unwell, under the weather, seedy

adj. somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is unwell and can't come to work"

retrograde, retrogressive

adj. going from better to worse

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Antonyms (2)

waxing

n. a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the moon"

waxing

adj. (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon passes from new to full"

waning

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